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A67
sports
Saturday, June 14, 2014 www.guardian.co.tt Guardian
PINEHURST, NC---Mar-
tin Kaymer is turning the
US Open into a rout, and
it's not even the week-
end.
Kaymer shot he best
36-hole score in US Open
history yesterday with his
second straight 5-under
65, taking advantage better
than anyone of a course
softened by overnight rain.
The German was at 10-
under 130 midway
through a tournament that
already looks like a laugher.
He matched the 36-hole
mark at any major cham-
pionship, set at the British
Open by Nick Faldo in
1992 at Muirfield and
Brandt Snedeker in 2012
at Lytham.
Kaymer walked off
Pinehurst No. 2 with a
staggering eight-shot lead
while many of the top
contenders---including six-
time runner-up Phil
Mickelson and defending
champion Justin Rose ---
were just teeing off. The
largest 36-hole lead at the
US Open is six shots, set
by Tiger Woods in 2000
and matched by Rory
McIlroy three years ago.
Both captured the cham-
pionship by large margins.
There were plenty of
low scores to be had on
the receptive greens, but
no one went as low as
Kaymer, who struggled
through a swing change
after winning the PGA
Championship in 2010. He
went 29 tournaments and
18 months without a vic-
tory before winning at The
Players Championship last
month. He's carried the
momentum from Saw-
grass to the sandhills of
North Carolina.
After closing the open-
ing round with three
birdies in his last five holes,
Kaymer kept it going with
his early morning tee time.
Starting on the back side,
he birdied the par-5 10th,
rolled in a 20-foot birdie
putt at the 13th, then a 25-
footer at the 16th. With
two more birdies after the
turn, he pulled away. Even
when his irons began to
get away from him a bit,
Kaymer made two nifty
shots from the bunker at
the sixth and seventh holes
to save par. Over the first
two rounds, he's posted 11
birdies and just one bogey.
Brooks Koepka shot 68
for a 2-under 138, leaving
him tied for second with
Dustin Johnson (69), Kee-
gan Bradley (69) and Bren-
don de Jonge (70) of Zim-
babwe among those in the
clubhouse.
Mickelson got off to a
good start in the after-
noon, making back-to-
back birdies to push his
score to 2 under even as
the breeze began to pick
up around Pinehurst. Also
at 2 under were Matt
Kuchar, Graeme McDow-
ell, Kevin Na, Brendon
Todd and Hideki Mat-
suyama.
Masters champion
Bubba Watson, who had
been playing as well as
anybody on the PGA Tour,
appeared to be headed
home with a 6-over 146.
He put himself in a huge
hole with a 76 on Thurs-
day, and the best he could
muster in the second
round was a 70. Top-
ranked Adam Scott
rebounded from a disap-
pointing start to shoot 67.
Even so, Scott lost ground
to Kaymer, heading to the
weekend ten shots behind
at 140. (AP)
HALLE, Germany---Roger Federer
progressed to the semifinals of the
grass-court Gerry Weber Open
without playing after Lu Yen-hsun
of Taiwan pulled out of their quar-
terfinal with back problems yes-
terday.
Federer, who began his prepara-
tions for Wimbledon by defeating
Portugal's Joao Sousa on Thursday,
compensated by playing an exhibi-
tion against Christopher Kas, a Ger-
man player who is 78th in the dou-
bles rankings. The seven-time
Wimbledon winner next faces the
fourth-seeded Kei Nishikori of
Japan, who saved the five break
points he faced in a 6-1, 7-6 (4)
victory over American Steve John-
son.
Former champion Philipp
Kohlschreiber booked his semifinal
place with a hard-fought 6-4, 5-7,
7-6 (16) victory over German com-
patriot Dustin Brown. Brown ousted
top-ranked Rafael Nadal on Thurs-
day. Kohlschreiber recovered from
a 2-5 deficit in the tiebreaker before
claiming the win in 2 hours, ten
minutes.
"I don't think a third set ever went
so long," the 2011 tournament win-
ner said. "Absolute war of nerves
... The atmosphere was incredible
but in the end you just want to leave
the court as the winner."
Kohlschreiber will next face Alejan-
dro Falla of Colombia, who defeated
German wild card Peter Gojowczyk
7-6 (4), 7-6 (2). Gojowczyk upset
the third-seeded Milos Raonic in
the second round. (AP)
Federer through to Halle
semis after Lu pulls out
Colombia's Alejandro Falla celebrates winning against Germany's Peter Gojowczyk
during the quarterfinal match at the Gerry Weber Open tennis tournament in Halle,
Germany, yesterday. Falla won the match with 7-6 and 7-6. AP PHOTO
Martin
Kaymer, of
Germany,
waves on the
18th green
during the
second round
of the US
Open golf
tournament
in Pinehurst,
NC,
yesterday. AP
PHOTO
Kaymer turning
US Open into a rout